Abstract

The thermodynamic and spectroscopic properties of the bromine oxide species have been reviewed. Recommended NIST–JANAF Thermochemical Tables are given for six gaseous bromine oxides: BrO, OBrO, BrOO, BrOBr, BrBrO, and BrO3. Sufficient information is not available to generate thermochemical tables for any condensed phase species. Annotated bibliographies (over 280 references) are provided for all neutral bromine oxides which have been reported in the literature. There are needs for additional experimental and theoretical data to reduce the uncertainties in the recommended values for these six species. Of all the species mentioned in the literature, many have not been isolated and characterized. In fact some do not exist. Throughout this paper, uncertainties attached to recommended values correspond to the uncertainty interval, equal to twice the standard deviation of the mean.